Listen to music???

#1 25th March 2008, 11:18 PM

Im wondering if anyone listens to music while they play poker and what kind of music.

I listen to a lot of music while i play and think it helps.

#2 25th March 2008, 11:27 PM

I listen to a lot of hip hop when playing poker. I find my reads atleast in Omaha are at their best when I listen to Jay-z and Linkin' Park's collision course. I have no idea why it is so.

#3 25th March 2008, 11:30 PM

I do, if only because it helps pass the time in between hands and keeps me from getting bored. However if I reach a critical decision I will shut it off to concentrate.

As for what type of music, I'll usually just set my playlist to shuffle. I stay away from extremes thought because occassionally it might affect my play. I don't feel like playing tight when I'm listening to Metallica for instance

#4 25th March 2008, 11:33 PM

I listen to my MP3 player when I play poker. My taste in music is pretty diverse, but here's just one of my playlists:

#5 25th March 2008, 11:44 PM

must is essential to me, without it i cannot sustain 100% concentration for a long period of time ( ie 6 hours plus)
my ipod is very diverse but i end up listening to a songs by coldplay and rage against the machine the most

#6 26th March 2008, 12:57 AM

yep, gotta be listening to music when playing online at least. Mostly country/rap for me.

#7 26th March 2008, 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSticker

I listen to my MP3 player when I play poker. My taste in music is pretty diverse, but here's just one of my playlists:

Um ya, very diverse.

Bonus points for having the Pixies and the Dead Milkmen in there.

Negative points for Duran Duran and Rihanna.

#8 26th March 2008, 1:00 AM

I listen to all sorts while im playing-

Fun Loving Criminals- 100% pure colombian

Sheryl crow- Tuesday night music club

Radiohead-the bends and pablo honey

some coldplay bit of blues and acoustic mostly while i play poker though

#9 26th March 2008, 1:01 AM

Mostly soft music for me. Mainly the Beatles but if I win ill play Kanye West's "Champion". If im half drunk..... Rage Against The Machine

#10 26th March 2008, 1:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by flint

Jay-z and Linkin' Park's collision course.

^^^ <3 that album

I listen to music most hours of the day and listen to everything bandwise that isnt that heavy death metal trash. Mostly rock/alt rock/ punk/nu rave/ screamo/ soft rock/ other bands i dont know genre of such as red jumpsuit apparatus and motion city soundtrack etc etc

Oh ye and timbaland

#11 26th March 2008, 3:00 AM

I never listen to music when I am at the casino. I want as much information as possible.

As for when I am online, I may listen to music but I also like to download local morning station podcasts and listen to them. Because of my work schedule, I can't listen to them when they are originally broadcast.

#12 26th March 2008, 4:28 AM

lil wayne

#13 26th March 2008, 4:58 AM

I listen to anything from jazz, metal, R&B, hard rock, alt rock, classic rock, club, dance, some techno just to name a few genres

#14 26th March 2008, 6:02 AM

i can't believe nobody has mentioned the beatles. they're without a doubt the best band ever. just amazing song after amazing song, with so many different styles.

#15 26th March 2008, 6:28 AM

I currently listen to classical while I'm playimg; mostly Mozart and Beethoven. Have a Beethoven piano concerto going right now, in fact. I dins it stress and tilt relieving .

#16 26th March 2008, 6:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by greener_lax

i can't believe nobody has mentioned the beatles. they're without a doubt the best band ever. just amazing song after amazing song, with so many different styles.

nah dood n'sync

#17 26th March 2008, 6:51 AM

take it back. backstreet boys are superior

#18 26th March 2008, 7:16 AM

Metal ftw

#19 26th March 2008, 7:27 AM

everything ftw

My favourites playlist at the moment, which is always changing:

#20 26th March 2008, 7:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vanquish

nah dood n'sync

n'sync, lol, good one. take their best song and compare to a masterpiece like a day in the life, or strawberry fields forever.

#21 26th March 2008, 7:46 AM

dude, nsync is the best, you can't deny their talent. Beatles are like old and stuff.

#22 26th March 2008, 9:17 AM

<3 Nsync. No Lie. No homo, either. I just like their music...

Anyway, I listen to a lot of stuff whenever I play. I wont give a full list, but here are some of the bands that might pop-up:

-Trembling Blue Stars
-Metric
-Snow Patrol
-Action Action
-Rilo Kiley
-Lightspeed Champion
-Test Icicles
-The Format
-The Detroit Cobras
-Cansei De Ser Sexy
-Drunken Tiger
-Bright Eyes <3
-Tegan and Sara
-The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
-Wreckless Eric
-The Dresden Dolls
-Wham!
-10 Masked Men
-Coheed and Cambria
-Nuetral Milk Hotel
-Nsync -duhhhh
-2gether
-Jem
-Imogen Heap
-Bjork
...and others.

#23 26th March 2008, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philthy

-Snow Patrol

^^^ Old or new stuff?

#24 26th March 2008, 1:15 PM

I have a particular playlist that I only listen to while playing. It helps my game a lot, I find if I'm not listening I tend to lose concentration.

As far as what I listen too many indie and soft music

#25 26th March 2008, 4:11 PM

I cant play without music i always get a little to manic haha
I mainly listen to radio one which plays indie with a little bit of pop and rnb, other than that i listen to hard trance mixes by various dj's including some of my own

#26 26th March 2008, 4:16 PM

I also listen to my music on shuffle, so I get a pretty wide variety.

Fantomas
Trouble
GWAR
Manowar
Donovan
Jethro Tull
Frank Zappa
Tori Amos
The Decemberists

But, I also like listening to Brit radio broadcasts and books on tape. (HGTTG especially)

#27 26th March 2008, 5:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by philthy

<3 Nsync. No Lie. No homo, either. I just like their music...

Anyway, I listen to a lot of stuff whenever I play. I wont give a full list, but here are some of the bands that might pop-up:

-Trembling Blue Stars
-Metric
-Snow Patrol
-Action Action
-Rilo Kiley
-Lightspeed Champion
-Test Icicles
-The Format
-The Detroit Cobras
-Cansei De Ser Sexy
-Drunken Tiger
-Bright Eyes <3
-Tegan and Sara
-The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
-Wreckless Eric
-The Dresden Dolls
-Wham!
-10 Masked Men
-Coheed and Cambria
-Nuetral Milk Hotel
-Nsync -duhhhh
-2gether
-Jem
-Imogen Heap
-Bjork
...and others.

Wow, dude. You're deep. I only recognize 4 on your list.

#28 26th March 2008, 5:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrSticker

Wow, dude. You're deep. I only recognize 4 on your list.

I managed 5 - Snow Patrol are local radio's MOR darlings, Jem made some cute little ditties a few years ago, then vanished from the earth. Nsync Wham and Bjork obv, though never heard of yeah yeah yeahs.

#29 26th March 2008, 5:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChuckTs

everything ftw

My favourites playlist at the moment, which is always changing:

Del Shannon, Vannesa Mae and Rod Stewart? A little bit of me has just died!

I'll post mine later (after i've taken out the High School Musical 2 songs ).

#30 26th March 2008, 6:14 PM

well this is my current playlist, in order of most times played
as u can see, my favourite band is coldplay and my favourite song is shiver

#31 26th March 2008, 7:16 PM

Listening to music while playing is almost a must for me... I have a huge variety of music that I like, mainly a metal fan, but the aggressive nature of that music doenst lend to playing smart patient poker... I tend to listen to reggae, rap, country, electronica... I really try and find something with a good beat and flow which seems to help my reads and plays... I dont know why but when u got a good beat it makes u feel good and u seem to play better

#32 26th March 2008, 7:28 PM

I haven't heard a music style I don't like, but while I play online I seem to play the blues...Hope that's no indication of what I expect to happen when I play!!...LMAO!!

#33 26th March 2008, 7:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robwhufc

Del Shannon, Vannesa Mae and Rod Stewart? A little bit of me has just died!

Del shannon you can't knock.

Vanessa Mae and Rod Stewart I have no excuses for. I got the 80s bug as well as the classical bug lately

Don't worry, I listened to enough eazy to make it ok to listen to classical for the next five years.

#34 26th March 2008, 7:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lo-Dog

Um ya, very diverse.

Bonus points for having the Pixies and the Dead Milkmen in there.

Negative points for Duran Duran and Rihanna.

LOL. Well, I only like that Rihanna song because it has the riff from New Order's "Blue Monday". And I've been listening to Duran Duran since before you knew you could do more with cards than stick them in your bicycle spokes. I also met them in 1993.

#35 3rd April 2008, 9:36 PM

Bands that happen to be on my player at the moment in alpha order:

Beastie Boys
D.R.I
The Dillinger Escape plan
Faith No More
Kyuss
Mudvayne
Mushroomhead
NIN
Primus
Protest The Hero
Queens of the Stone Age
Slipknot
Stone Sour
Sublime
SOAD
Tool

Much much more, just set it to shuffle and away I go.

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